Brush.



No. 818,531. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. 0. FISH.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed March 9, 1905. $erial No. 249,268.

To all 1071,0111, it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, OREN Frsr-r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Brush, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates more particularly to improvements in that type of brush employed calcimining, and sarily limited to the same.

The principal object is to provide novel means of a simple nature for securing the bristles to the handle, said means being highly efficient in its clamping action upon the bristles and in its connection with the handle, and being, furthermore, made of a small number of exceedingly simple parts that can be inexpensively manufactured and readily assembled, thereby providing a highgrade brush at small cost.

The preferred, but not the only, embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and is described in the following specification.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view through a brush constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view through the clamping-bar as the same is manufactured and prior to its being spread. Fig. 4 is a similar view after said bar has been spread, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the different elements separated.

Similar reference-numerals designate corthe like, though not neces- ,responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the particular embodiment illustrated a handle 6 is employed, having at one end a head 7, that is preferably entirely integral with the handle, and is provided on opposite sides with rabbets 8. These rabbets receive a ferrule 9, that snugly fits about the head and projects beyond the ends of the same, being provided between its ends with transverse webs 10, which webs connect the side walls, are of less width than the ferrule, and engage in transverse seats 11, formed in the end of the head, which end is preferably, though not necessarily, beveled or tapered, as shown at 12. The outer edges of the webs 10 terminate short of the outer edges of the ferrule and are preferably curved, as shown. Bristles 13, forming the body of the brush, have their inner ends located in the ferrule in painting, whitewashing,

and abutted against the end 12 of the head. They are retained in place by a channeled clamping-bar 14, having integral side flanges 15 and. connecting end walls. When this bar is manufactured, as shown in Fig. 3, the

- side flanges 15 are substantially parallel, and

in this condition the said clamping-bar is in sorted in the ferrule in the body of bristles and against the outer edges of the webs 10. Fastening devices, such as nails 16, are passed through suitable openings 17, formed in the top of the channel-bar, and are driven directly into the head 7 of the handle. These fastening devices have heads 18, which are located in the channel between the flanges of the clamping-bar. The said flanges are then spread apart by suitable mechanism,

thereby crowding the bristles outwardly to ward the side walls of the ferrule and clamping the same in place with the utmost security. As a result of this construction, it will be seen that the clamping-bar, with the nails or fasteners, not only coacts with the ferrule to securely fasten the bristles, but, bearing against the webs 10 of said ferrule, it also constitutes means for retaining the ferrule in place, the whole structure being thus secured directly to the handle-head by the nails. Furthermore, as a plurality of these nails are employed (the number depending of course on the width of the brush) the clamping-bar is securely maintained against rocking or any movement which would tend to loosen the same or displace the bristles. It will be evident, therefore, that outside the efficiency of the structure the various parts are simple, so that they may be cheaply manufactured, and, furthermore, that the same can be assembled with ease and expedition. Consequently a high-grade brush is provided which can be manufactured at small cost.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be under stood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construc tion may be resorted. to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fiat brush, comprising a handle having a fixed head, a ferrule fitted against the head, bristles located in the ferrule, and a clamping-bar of expansible material provided With spaced side flanges forming a bottom recess or channel, said bar being rigidly secured at the top to the head, the said flanges being spread to clamp the bristles between their side faces and the Walls of the ferrule after the said clamping-bar has been secured to the head.

2. A flat brush, comprising a handle having a fixed head, a ferrule fitted against the head, bristles located in the ferrule, a clamping-bar constructed of expansible material and consisting of spaced side flanges and a connecting top portion, and fastening devices piercing the top portion of the clamping-bar and rigidly securing the latter to the said head, the heads of the fastening devices bei ing located in the space between the side I flanges, and the latter being spread to clamp l the bristles between the side faces and the Walls of the ferrule after the said clampingbar has been secured to the head.

3. A flat brush, comprising a handle having a fixed head beveled at the edges, a ferrule fitted against the head, bristles located in the ferrule, a clamping-bar constructed of expansible material and having a bottom groove or channel, said'clamping-bar having side flanges and connecting end Walls, and fastening devices piercing the clamping-bar at the top thereof and rigidly securing the same to the head, the heads of the fastening devices being located in the groove or channel, and the side flanges of the clamping-bar being spread to clamp the bristles between their side faces and the Walls of the ferrule after the said bar has been secured to the head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

OREN FISH. 

